Political Quotes

Joseph Kennedy

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Oct 14, 1963

So, we are proud to have you here, Prime Minister, as a very active participant in that fight of living a thousand years.

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Oct 13, 1963

It is in the public interest that this dispute be promptly resolved.

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Oct 10, 1963

The things for which Mrs. Roosevelt stood are clearly identifiable and they represent the best of our national effort and purpose.

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Oct 10, 1963

I think it can also be judged on its opportunities for women.

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Oct 10, 1963

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this home where Mrs. Roosevelt lived longer than any other First Lady and take part in this ceremony commemorating the issuance of this stamp.

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Oct 10, 1963

I think this is an extremely vital matter with which we are dealing.

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Oct 10, 1963

In the time I have been here, she visited the White House on five or six occasions and on each of those occasions her visit was connected with some phase of her horizon-wide interest in life and in people.

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Oct 10, 1963

Each visit was connected with a different cause and each cause that was important to our country and to the world.

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Oct 10, 1963

I want to assure you, and I think that the Members of Congress who are here and others who participated in the work of this group will try to do something about it on the administrative level, Executive, and in the Congress and, I think, in the country.

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Oct 10, 1963

In addition, Ambassador Stevenson's presence here reminds us of the work which the Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation is doing, the fundraising campaign which is involved, which deserves the support of all of our fellow citizens, because in that way we will be able to make more real and more present the work which she engaged in in her life.

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